Someone posted this link a couple of days ago. My question is: Does The Onion produce spoof articles, or do they report actual stories that are just ridiculous. I'm not sure if this story is for real. Anyone know?
2007-11-21 02:20:12 · 13 answers · asked by Fu Quan 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39512
2007-11-21 02:20:32 · update #1
Whew! Thanks! I was really scared this was real. I hope it doesn't give anyone any fuel for their arguments!
2007-11-21 03:12:14 · update #2
It only sounds real. It's a spoof.
(Scary how you have to wonder for a second about creationists, isn't it?)
2007-11-21 02:22:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The Onion is all spoof articles.
Poe's Law says that it's impossible to write a parody of fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing.
2007-11-21 10:25:45 · answer #2 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As others have said, 100% satire and 100% hilarious.
Back in 2002 The Onion ran this article:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27828
The Chinese government news agency re-ran the story as legit news. Of course they spun it to highlight greedy and corrupt American capitalists. Obviously some forms of humor do not translate well.
2007-11-21 10:47:04 · answer #3 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Onion is complete satire.
Funny, hilarious, often quite witty...but complete fabrications.
2007-11-21 10:22:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
The Onion is pure satire.
2007-11-21 10:22:55 · answer #5 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The Onion is all satire, no truth involved.
2007-11-21 10:40:41 · answer #6 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they're all spoofs. Acourse some things don't require a lot of tweaking to make into farces.
2007-11-21 10:22:49 · answer #7 · answered by Acorn 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The Onion is completely true, or at least as true as Fox News.
2007-11-21 10:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Spoof - parody - on events both real and imagined
2007-11-21 10:23:57 · answer #9 · answered by Marji 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Its a gag my friend, although the logic used in the article was dang near bang on to that creationism uses lol.
2007-11-21 10:23:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋